The future of Apple…
Apple are just living great times now, perhaps their best ever, no question about it. New Touch-Screen iPods coming on the way, Apple dominating over %60 of the MP3 Players market share, iPhone have sold over 1.5 million units, and with their super deal with AT&T for $18/month for each unit, that means extra monthly income, Leopard 10.5 is released with 300+ new features that reviewers say easily out beats Vista. All that and more have pushed the Apple stock price up more and more, and now for the firs time in history, Apple is worth officially more than IBM!
I my self have no problem with that at all, I’ve never been an IBM fan, and Apple products don’t really suck. Well they suck a lot of money, but that’s most of what they suck. I’ve got an iPod and am waiting for right time to get a Macbook as well. If I was in the stock market business right now I may be holding some Apple shares as well. I was few years back and had my eyes on them anyways. However one thing keeps concerning me every time I see them moving forward. They are still a one man show company. Microsoft started by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The latter resigned after suffering some disease, and Bill is about to leave full time job. However both have been away from the real work for quite long time, and while the company haven’t been moving as fast as it was in the old days, it’s still in a steady state I believe.
Apple however is different. Apple have lost, well gave away, Steve Jobs for over a decade and Apple almost went bankruptcy. Steve Jobs came back in 98 to shake things up, and in less than a decade, he made Apple larger than IBM. So who could replace him, not only as a technical brain but also as a figure that is worshiped y many, if it’s right for me to say it. He’s got the marketing skills, and as some call him, he is a deal making machine. He has the ability to reach strong deals, like the iPhone and AT&T. If such figure is lost, one has only to wonder what would happen to that company. First thing to do is to let go their shares until things settle down a bet I’d say.
There was a study more than a year back about the Future of the company, and who could take up the role of Jobs later on. In a nutshell, the study points out Apple have reported they have successor plans but are still confidential. If that is true, I hope there are preparations already taking place. You never know when you could lose a person you know. Even if such successor plans are in place, I think a wiser decision was made here by Bill Gates to step down and watch how the ball rolls without him. That way he can assist from far away until things are settled. I am not saying Apple can afford to do the same thing right now, but at least they can give some space for new comers. I mean come on, when was the last time you saw a new product presented by anyone other than Steve Jobs? I don’t follow all Apple events, but whenever I see one, it’s Jobs in the picture.
I am full of hope I’ m wrong here, but it’s something that keeps me worried.
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In a sense, Steve Jobs is the vision behind Apple. Sure, you can gather some of the best experts and engineers and let them create cool things, but in the end, there needs to be some sort of direction and a sense of how people can (and should) benefit from technology.
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